New Year's Eve

A 2025 insurance industry source rated San Antonio the fourth-worst major metro in the nation for DWI.

Mexicans seeking love, good fortune and renewal welcome the New Year with a mix of symbolic rituals from Spanish and Indigenous origins.

Attendees should dress warmly for the World's Largest Dance Party downtown

San Antonians invited to "Celebrate San Antonio" to break world dance record

Yvette Benavides and Peter Orner discuss “Out with the Old” by Richard Yates. The setting is a tuberculosis ward in a veterans' hospital on December 31,1950. Dreams have faded for these patients whose best years seem to be behind them. For the character of McIntyre something miraculous happens. This is a powerful New Year’s Eve story.

Peter Orner and Yvette Benavides discuss "New Year's Eve," a short story by Mavis Gallant.

It's always good to call or check out your favorite store's websites before heading out.

The main stage for live music is on Market Street. Food and carnival games are part of the fun too. The fireworks show will light up the Tower of the Americas.

New Year's Eve should be mostly clear, which means no midnight fog to obscure the big fireworks show around the Tower of the Americas during "Celebrate San Antonio."

Fire Marshal Chris Lopez reported county fire dispatch handled thousands of calls that night, including 87 fireworks related incidents.